Category: Maritime / Boating Accidents, Safety What's Your H2O (Safety) IQ?: How well can you answer these 20 boating and water safety questions? TASA ID: 1723 1. [a] How many drowning deaths occur in the U.S. annually? In 2014, the total went down to about 4,000 per the National Safety Council. In 1980, there were 8,000 drownings nationally. Why: CPR, *PFDs - improved life jackets, EMS, **ETH-updated information about alcohol/aquatic dangers. But much more can be and needs to be done.*(Personal Flotation Devices-Life Jackets) ** (Ethanol-Grain alcohol, as in beverages) Read more
Category: School Safety/Violence Preventing Violence - Priority Number One TASA ID: 468 Preventing violence is fast becoming every school administrator's number one priority, or is it? It has become increasingly clear that schools and the culture they create can become a hotbed environment for random acts of violence, crime, and fear. If school managers (principals, assistant principals, counselors, and even school superintendents) fail to recognize and work to alter the present school culture that inadequately prevents bullying, harassment, and intimidation among students and staff, then we will continue to see students act out in the most disturbing ways. Read more
Category: Safety, School Safety/Violence Five Critical School Safety Issues TASA ID: 2774 This consulting company's research team has provided biyearly school safety reports for Congress since the year 2000. The following list was developed from interviews with teachers, school security personnel, police and principals from 120 school districts throughout the United States. Read more
Category: Security A Business Plan Must Include Security TASA ID: 915 Fraudulent business practices, shootings, workplace violence, acts of terrorism, embezzlement, fraud--with the list getting longer every time one picks up the newspaper. Continual attacks on businesses, large and small. Attacks launched from inside and out, motivated by greed, politics or revenge. Read more
Category: Financial/Economic, Security The Due Diligence Mess TASA ID: 2774 Indictments for Ponzi schemes and investor fraud have been increasing everyday. While pundits, Congress and financial experts pinpoint problems with regulatory agencies such as the SEC, the real problem centers on what I call the "Due Diligence Mess," the way in which this process is handled. Read more
